Fence-wire splicing.



L. N. PPEIFPBR. FENCE WIRE SPLIOINQL. APPLICATION IILED JULY 19, 1013.

1,107,104. Patented Aug. 11, 1914 WITNESSES INVENTOI? a 4% I Louis N.Pfeiff p M ATTORNEYS THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTO-LITMQ. WASHINGTUN. D11:.

LOUIS N. PFEIFFER, OF KENTON, OHIO.

FENCE-WIRE SPLICING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Original application filed May 1, 1913, Serial No. 764,784. Divided andthis application filed July 19, 1913. Serial No. 779,900.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LoUIs N. citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Kenton, in the county of Hardin andState of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Fence-VVire Splicing, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a wire splicing for fencing, although it isnot limited to this use, and the invention is a division of mapplication Serial Number 7 64,7 84, filed May 1, 1913, made inaccordance with the requirements of the Patent Oflice.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved joint forconnecting the ends of the wires together and the method of making thejoint, the advantages being that a joint can be easily and quickly made,and at the same time possesses great strength and resisting power tolongitudinal strains on the wire.

For a more complete understanding of the invention reference is to behad to the accompanying drawing taken in connection with the followingdescription and claims.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of theinvention, and wherein similar reference characters are employed todesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 isa perspective View of the various elements in separated relation thatconstitute the joint or splice; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the jointbefore the same is completed but with the parts all assembled; Fig. 3 isa plan view of the completed joint; and Fig. 1 is a side view thereof.

Referring to the drawing, 1 and 2 desig nate the two fence or otherwires that are to be spliced, and adjacent the extremities of thesewires U-shaped bights 3 and 4 are formed in the respective wires, themaking of the bights being effected by means of a tool such as isdesignated in the parent application hereinbefore referred to. Thesebights are therefore similar and they are of such size as to pass intoan opening 5 in a disk or washer 6. After the washer is inserted on thebights a headed pin 7 is inserted between the rounded or closed endPFEIEFER, a

portions of the bights and the washer 6, said plnhaving a head 8 whichrests on the top of the washer, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The

.wires with the pin and washer.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings the advantages of the method of operation and of the deviceshown will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to whichthe invention appertains.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A splicing of the class described comprising the ends of wires formedwith bights of the same size and one overlapping the other, said bightsextending in the same direction and parallel with each other, a ringplaced over the bights, and a headed pin inserted through the ends ofthe bights projecting through the ring and engaging both bights, thehead of the pin engaging the said ring.

2. A wire splice comprising the ends of the wires to be spliced, bightsformed on the wires inwardly from the extremities and the bights beingof the same size and arranged in overlying relation, said bightsextending in the same direction and disposed parallel, a ring applied tothe bights, and a pin engaging the ring and passing through the portionsof the bights projecting through the ring.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS N. PFEIFFER.

Witnesses:

JAMES RAY STILLINos, MILDRED NIXON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

